Hub news

The 2020 Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) Virtual Conference included as session about the Dairy Innovation Hub. Dr. Heather White, Dr. Tera Montgomery and Dr. Steven Kelm provided attendees with an overview of the Hub and a program update from UW-Madison, UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls. Listen to this session in podcast format. A special…

Contact: Maria Woldt, Dairy Innovation Hub program manager, (608) 265-4009, maria.woldt@wisc.edu Photos: [CLICK THIS LINK] The University of Wisconsin­–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently awarded six, two-year postdoctoral fellowships to help increase dairy-related research capacity through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. The selected postdoctoral fellows will tackle research projects in the hub’s…

Members of the Dairy Innovation Hub advisory council held their first in-person meeting on Friday, Jan. 31 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison West Madison Agricultural Research Station. The five-hour meeting included introductions, presentations, brainstorming and discussion, meeting the hub’s new program manager, and electing a council chair. The Dairy Innovation Hub, which the state is supporting to…

Maria Woldt was recently hired as the program manager for the Dairy Innovation Hub. In this role, she will be assisting Faculty Director Heather White in the management of the Hub budget, developing and disseminating communications, and organizing and executing events. Woldt will also be coordinating activities between Hub collaborators at UW–Madison, UW-Platteville and UW-River…

On Thursday, November 7, the deans of the colleges of agriculture at UW–Madison, UW–Platteville and UW–River Falls formally launched the newly funded Dairy Innovation Hub with a conference call that included members of the initiative’s advisory council. The Dairy Innovation Hub, which received funding in the state budget, harnesses research and development at the three…